Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Fincantieri signs cooperation protocol with Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Trieste, Italy, January 17, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., the Italian shipbuilder, has signed an agreement with the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia...
Genoa and Trieste sign labour training agreement
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – A collaboration agreement to “export” the port workers’ training in Genoa to the port...
Barcelona port stevedores sign collective labour agreement
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Barcelona port stevedores have announced the signing of a collective labour agreement signed with docking...
Labour strike at the port of Ashdod
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A strike has declared in the port of Ashdod, with mechanical and operating sector workers stopping the...
Signing of new collective agreement in Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the signing of the new Collective Labour Agreement...
APM Terminals organises stevedoring course for 40 jobless persons at Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – APM Terminals, the company that operates the container terminal of Vado Ligure port, plans to provide...
Italian trade unions call 24-hour strike at ports on December 15
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have called a 24-hour strike at all Italian...
CGT trade union calls for strike in port of Sète
Sète, France (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The French trade union CGT (Confédération générale du travail) has called for a street demonstration...
ESA and CMA CGM offer new training certificate in Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The new certificate in shipping and logistics by l’École supérieure des affaires (ESA) in...
Huelva port and University of Huelva join forces to promote innovation and employment
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The president of the Port Authority of Huelva (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva), José Luis Ramos, and the...
Alicante port stevedoring companies appeal against administrative decision
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies Bergé Marítima S.L, Alicante Port S.L. and CESA Alicante SA have...
Spanish trade union CETM accuses watchdog of destabilising port stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – The recent opening of two investigations into the main actors in the stowage sector by the...
CGEM renews APM Terminals Tangier’s CSR status
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) has renewed the CSR of APM Terminals...
CGT to take legal action at port of Sète
Sète, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – La Fédération nationale des ports et docks (CGT Dockers) is to initiate legal action against the port...
Region expresses concern over Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare
Castellammare, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – There are concerns regarding the future of the Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare where a...
Marseille Fos hires 70 dockers and innovates in the field of training
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The five handlers (Portsynergy-Eurofos, Seayard, Sosersid, Sea-Invest & Nicolas Frères)...
Spanish competition watchdog launches probe into docking companies, trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish competition regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched...